"If these men are to be tried...for
advocating doctrines opposed to our ideas of propriety, there is no use
for me to argue the
case. Let the Sheriff go and erect a scaffold; let him
bring eight ropes with
dangling nooses at the ends; let him pass them around the necks of
these eight men; and let us stop this farce now."--Defense Attorney William Foster
(closing argument)

"You
stand between the living and the dead. You stand between law and
violated law. Do your duty courageously, even if the duty is an
unpleasant and severe one."--Prosecutor Julius Grinnell (closing
argument)